The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-18

ments to the Prince Consort, William Pitt,
DR.. Chalmers, George w., Viscount Mel
vile and the Earl of Hopetown, aud see
the houses in which Sir Walter Scott,
David Hume and Lord Brougham at one
time lived. Returning to Princess street
we go to the ''old town" again, and cross.
ing the George ~. Bridge" come into
the "Grassmnrket' and the "Cowgate,"
now the poorest portion of the city, put
once the residence of lords and mobiles. The
east end of the Grassmarket was for long
time the place of execution in Edinburgh.
and here ''hslf hangit Maggie Dickson"
was supposed to have been hanged during
the religious prosecutions, but after being
declared dead by the authorities was cut
down and carried away by her friends, and
after time greatly astonished them all by
opening her eyes and finally becoming
completely restored. She was for long
time one of the celebrities of Edinburgh.
At the southwest corner of the Grassmarket
is the "West PORT" and here is shown the
house in which Burke. who originated the
detested crime of "Burking," enticed his
victims before killing them for the dissect-
ing table. A short walk from this point is
the old "Greyfriar Church," originally
erected in 1912, and it was here that the
National Covenant was first signed in 1888,
many of the covenanters writing their sig
natures in their own blood. In the church
yard is the martyrs monument" erected
to those who fell in defense of that
cause, and Dear by is the monument
to Sir George Mackenzie, the bitter foe OF
the covenant, who, in his unrelenting pur-
suit of its followers, won for himself the
name of 'Bluidy Mackenzie" However,
he rests quietly enough now. side By side
with his ancient enemy. After a pleasant
stroll through the bye-ways of this part OF
the old town, we turn into Nicolson street
and come to the well-known Edinburgh
University, originally founded in 1882,
and having thirty-three profesSorships,
with an average attendance of over 2 600
students. The Chancellor of the Univer-
sity is the Right Hon. John Inglis. Part
of the building Isl upon ground where
stood the house in which Sr Walter Scott
was born, and part is upon the spot where
once stood the Kirk OF Field" the scene
of the murder OF Darnley by Boutwell, and
his fellow assassins.
Near by lis the Moss Varieties, the
principal variety theater or Music Hall
of Edinburgh, where American performers
are frequently to be seen. Edinburgh, with
its so, 900 inhabitants, has but two legih-
mate theate. S, the Lyceum and the Royal,
and, naturally, 1 visit them quite fire.
quently. The highest priced seats are up
stairs in the "dress circle" which CORE
spends with our cheap seats in the family
circle at English's 0pera-house, and the
"parquette," where our best seats are To-
Gated, is the pit here or cheap part OF
the theater. Ladies and gentle men occu-
pying reserved seats In the dress circle are
compelled to go in full dress, and ladies
wearing hats are not admitted to this Sec
ton OF the house. These have been the
customs always here, and there is nothing
to which the average "Britisher" clings
like the habits and customs of his
forefsthers, and nothing strikes one so
forcibly in Edinburgh as this popularity
of the natives. The Scotchman still likes
the music of the bag-pipes, as did his father
before him, and the Highland costume is
frequently to be seen upon the streets.
The Tartan plaid, short kilt and bare
knees hardly impress one as suitable
habit for the cold weather so prevalent
here about this time of year. The Gaelec
language is yet spoken much more gener-
ally than / had imagined, and in one of
the churches here the sermon and entire
service is in Gaelec. In the Highlands, of
course, it is still more in use. The ma.
tlonal games OF Scotland seem to be loot
balr' and ''golf," and the football matches
excite as much attention as do our base
ball contests. On match days the trans
(street cars) are packed with people, bound
for the football grounds. The street cars
are two story affairs, with stairway lead
ing up to the outside, with as many seats
on the top as there are on the inside. The
fares on the trans vary according to the
distance travelled, but a penny tip to the
conductor. discreetly gwen, enables one to
ride to the end of the line for short-dis-
lance fare. One of the most disagreeable
features of European travel is this constant
and continuous clipping" necessary In ho-
tells, cars and everywhere else. Many of
the hotels pay merely nominal wages to
their employees, expecting them to be paid
by gratuities at the hands of the travelling
public. They are not slow to remind you
OF that fact, and the departing guest is
CO mpelled to run a perfect gauntlet of ex-
pC Giant servants, w. E. E.